SIFTIMBIIB 27, 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



19 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The wholesale cut flower business has 

 been as dull during the last four weeks 

 as at any time in July and August, but 

 there are signs of its return to life. 

 Last week the market was not over- 

 burdened with stock, the flood of asters 

 and gladioli having stopped. Some fine 

 asters were received and were quickly 

 absorbed at good prices, some flowers 

 selling for $3 and $4 per hundred. The 

 same may be said of the new varieties 

 of gladioli, the Kings especially being 

 in favor. 



Only a few dahlias have yet reached 

 the wholesale market. The severe frost 

 of two weeks ago shortened the supply, 

 but the flowers that escaped the cold 

 and drought are the equals, if not supe- 

 riors, of any dahlia blooms that have 

 ever been s^n here. In chrysanthe- 

 mums. Golden Glow, October Frost and 

 Smith's Advance are the only arrivals 

 to date. These are now at their best. 

 Every retailer in the city featured 

 mums September 22, and the whole- 

 salers had a supply big enough for the 

 demand. The prices fluctuated between 

 $1 and $2.50 per dozen. 



Valley is holding steady at $5 and $6 

 per hundred, the latter figure being for 

 the selected. The supply and demand 

 are about on a par. Longiflorum lilies 

 are quoted at the same prices, $6 still 

 being the price fdr high-grade stock. 

 Orchids are now 'comiii^ in abundance 

 and prices are slowly receding, 75 cents 

 each being the limit for the finest gigas, 

 with a further reduction probable be- 

 fore the week is over. There is a good 

 supply of oncidiums. 



Carnations improve slowly in size and^ 

 quality. A few flowers sold last week 

 at $1.50 per hundred, but most of the 

 arrivals brought from $1 per hundred 

 down. The first violets to arrive 

 brought 50 cents per bunch of 100 

 flowers. The supply, however, was lim- 

 ited. Tritomas sell slowly, if at all. 

 There seems to be no demand for cos- 

 mos. The first pansies have arrived. 

 Hydrangeas are in limited supply. 

 There is little call for sunflowers, golden- 

 rod and the other outdoor flowers. 



Eoses are not hi oversupply, with the 

 exception of the short-stemmed flowers. 

 Among the favorites to arrive are Had- 

 ley. Prima Donna, Key, Shawyer, Rus- 

 sell and Ophelia roses. The Ophelias 

 seem to be the favorites with the grow- 

 ers, as they are in the largest supply. 

 American Beauty roses are improving 

 in quality and supply, and easily lead 

 the others. They sell up to $30 per 

 hundred. 



Various Notes. 



The S. A. F. publicity plan will again 

 be taken up at the next meeting of the 

 New York Florists' Club, which will be 

 held October 8. There will be exhibits 

 of seasonable flowers and novelties. 



The dahlia show at Bronx park Sep- 

 tember 22 and 23 was a disappointment, 

 both as to exhibits and attendance. 



Congestion of express shipments, with 

 the consequent delays in the arrival of 

 shipments, caused the wholesalers con-, 

 siderable trouble last week. Much of 

 the stock was two or three days late in 

 reaching the market, and quantities of 

 flowers were absolutely worthless. 



The MacNiff Horticultural Co. opened 

 the plant auction season last week, and 



William Elliott & Sons had their first 

 sale September 25. C. C. Trepel will 

 have daily sales at his greenhouses on 

 the roof of Bloomingdale 's, with John 

 Cleary acting as auctioneer. 



French bulbs continue to arrive. 



The Stumpp & Walter Co. keeps its 

 show windows filled with seasonable 

 flowers. Last week there was a dis- 

 play of named gladioli, and this week 

 there is a showing of dahlias. 



The Uptown Seed Store is the name 

 Max Schling has given his store on 

 Fifty-Ninth street near Fifth avenue. 

 It already is proving a success. Mr. 

 Schling 's new flower store at 785 Fifth 

 avenue is open for business. It is close 

 to one of the main entrances to Central 

 park, an ideal location for a flower 

 store. The new store has a depth of 150 

 feet and is an artistic place. 



Wholesalers continue to discuss the 

 Sunday closing movement, which was 

 inaugurated at the beginning of the 

 summer. All signed an agreement to 

 keep their places open, but now one or 

 two claim to have understood that the 

 closing was to continue only during the 

 summer months. The backers of the 

 movement assert the agreement was for 

 one year. 



E. J. Irwin, with Wallace Pierson, of 

 Cromwell, Conn., left September 20 for 

 New Brunswick, Can., where they will 

 hunt moose. They expect to return 

 about October 15. 



The first violets of the season were 

 received by Clarence Slinn September 

 21. Max Schling bought the shipment, 

 paying 50 cents per hundred. William 

 Gunther remarked: "Talk about early 

 violets! I used to get them in August." 



J. J. Coan, Inc., showed the first pan- 

 sies of the season September 22. 

 ^ Emil Amthor, for twelve years in the 

 service of Siebrecht Bros., Inc., has been 

 appointed manager of the store at 

 Seventy-third street and Madison 

 avenue. 



T. H. Judd, of Danbury, Conn., was a 

 visitor September 20. He is shipping 

 1,500 to 1,800 Golden Glow chrysanthe- 

 mums daily to the Barney B. Jacobs Co. 

 Mr. Judd has 40,000 square feet de- 

 voted to this variety and says he will 

 ship 40,000 flowers to the New York 

 market before October 15. 



Walter Siebrecht expects to leave 

 soon for Pasadena, Cal. 



John Eganbrod, of Badgley & Bishop, 

 Inc., returned September 20 from an 

 eight weeks' western trip that extended 

 to the Pacific coast and covered the 

 larger cities en route. 



D. Trexy is the latest addition to the 

 New York wholesalers. He has space 

 with Lecakes, 106 West Twenty-eighth 

 street. J. Austin Shaw. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



Batavia, N. Y. — L. Stroh & Sons have 

 put in a busy season touching up their 

 modern range, and have stock in excel- 

 lent shape for an expected heavy winter 

 business. 



Oklahoma City, Okla. — James G. 

 -Angel, who does business as Angel, 

 Florist, has moved his establishment to 

 2500 West Eleventh street, and is re- 

 building on a much larger scale. Mr. 

 Angel recently purchased nineteen and 

 one-half acres at the new address. 

 Work of rebuilding has been slow ow- 

 ing to the scarcity of labor. Mr. 

 Angel says he is fortunate in having 

 secured a competent grower and expects 

 to greatly increase his output of stock. 



The Market. 



Comparatively little change has taken 

 place in market conditions during the 

 last week. Indoor stock continues to 

 improve, while outdoor stock is getting 

 poorer in quality and smaller in supply. 

 Carnations are more plentiful and of 

 better quality. Prices range from $1.50 

 to $3 per hundred. Eoses are in strong 

 demand, but the supply is limited. They 

 sell for from $2 to $6 per hundred. 

 Lilies continue scarce and asters are 

 coming in smaller quantities. Dahlias 

 are of better quality, but are not up to 

 last year's standard. Gladioli are still 

 available. Cosmos are about the only 

 flowers in abundance and because of the 

 short supply of other stock sell well. 

 There are no complaints about business. 

 Sales during the summer were larger 

 than normal, and fall business has begun 

 with a rush, lack of stock furnishing 

 about the only drawback. Chrysanthe- 

 mums so far have been few in the local 

 market, but growers expect to have a 

 large supply within the next two weeks. 



Various Notes. 



John Bertermann recently sold a part 

 of the ground at the East Washington 

 street plant establishment for $14,000. 

 He is now the possessor of a new Pre- 

 mier coupe. 



Carl Sonnenschmidt has gone to the 

 St. Clair flats, near Detroit, on a fishing 

 trip. 



Robert Newcomb, representing the 

 American Bulb Co., of Chicago, called 

 on the trade last week. Mr. Newcomb 

 is returning from a western and south- 

 ern trip. He said that business every- 

 where had been good, despite the falling 

 off of bedding stock sales. 



John Chisholm, of the Circle Flower 

 Store, will leave this week on a business 

 trip to New York city. 



The Florists' Mutual Casualty Asso- 

 ciation, the new cooperative insurance 

 association launched recently, is meet- 

 ing with great success, according to 

 Herman Junge. Applications for the 

 amount of insurance necessary to incor- 

 porate the association have been re- 

 ceived, Mr. Junge says. The association 

 is continuing its campaign for member- 

 ship. 



The Pahud Floial Co. has an excellent 

 lot of cyclamens coming on for the 

 holidays. 



Joseph Mock is spending his vacation 

 on an automobile trip in Wisconsin. 



The Circle Flower Store provided the 

 decorations for the banquet celebrating 

 the winning of the pennant in the Amer- 

 ican Association by the Indianapolis 

 club. 



Baur & Steinkamp have had an excel- 

 lent business in carnation plants and 

 cuttings this season. They report that 

 shipments have been extraordinarily 

 heavy. 



Albert Pittet will leave soon for Los 

 Angeles, where he expects to go into the 

 business of growing sweet pea seeds on 

 a large scale. 



Edwin M. Nelson left September 21 

 for Camp Taylor, near Louisville, where 

 he will train for service with the armv. 



C, L. and H. C. Frank, of Portland, 

 Iiid., were recent visitors. E.-E. T. 



Indiana Harbor, Ind. — Three houses 

 of 4,000 square feet each are under con- 

 struction here for Joseph E. Blenz, at 

 3613 Hemlock street. 



